![]() 336 pages, $35.00/ $16.95.) Ann Zwinger’s done it again, captured a living river on the pages of a book. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1995. LISA GERBER University ofNew Mexico Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. ![]() She has also previously published a companion piece, 'Women in the Field: America’s Pioneering Women Naturalists, which focuses on women naturalists’contributions to society. Bonta has provided a list of readings at the end of each section. Although this book can be read on its own, I imagine that readers will want to explore further. These women were intimate with the natural world and wrote about it not only to share their knowledge with others but, in some cases, to champion conservation efforts to protect what they loved. The lives of songbirds, burrowing spiders, wasps, bladderworts, pines, and sponges come to the fore. ![]() Most important is the way these naturalists attended to and wrote about the natural world. ![]() Reviews 71 scholarly writing were not as clearly drawn as they are today. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: ![]()
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